• Brazil Carnival Shop

Brazil Carnival Shop

Overview

Brazil Carnival Shop has a rating of 4.43 stars from 148 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Brazil Carnival Shop most frequently mention customer service, samba shoes, and owner maria. Brazil Carnival Shop ranks 4th among Costumes sites.

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    4
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  • How amazing and simple to buy quality samba shoes from Rio here in the US!

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Top Positive Review

“Real samba shoes”

Bogusława R.
1/29/24

The shoes are great, with high heels, but comfortable. The shop sent pictures and a film with instructions how to measure a foot in a proper way. The service is excellent, Maria is a very nice and helpful person. If my "samba carrier" devellops I'd definitelly shop there again. Strongly recommend the site!

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Thumbnail of user nesa2
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 7th, 2023
Verified purchase

I needed tall gladiators for Rio Carnaval and Brazil Carnival shop was able to get them too me immediately before I left to Brazil. I paid a hefty price of around $250 when you can get from Brazil for just $50-$100 and that's where this company also gets their shoes. But I had no choice and I really appreciated them helping me to get them in time for my trip. I had planned to use them as back up shoes and luckily I had them because the shoes my atelier had for me were too small so these worked perfectly. I only wore two times to practice and then on the Avenida once. They were perfect until I stepped out on the Avenida in front of my school. Right away the left flap st the ball of my foot started to detach. I didn't want to pull the whole thing off because I'm literally on stage at this point. So I had to samba for two hours straight praying I wouldn't trip over the broken shoe while dancing. So it sucks to pay so much for shoes that break when you really need them. But At least I got the shoes In time and made it through without falling.

Thumbnail of user christinah1018
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 31st, 2022
Verified purchase

Still waiting on an update as to when my item will arrive

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1 review
0 helpful votes
August 1st, 2021
Verified purchase

Honestly the service was more than I expected and definitely was so satisfied with the patients and always willing to answer any and all questions so two thumbs up

Thumbnail of user assiav1
1 review
16 helpful votes
June 7th, 2018

The services is excellent, very helpful. The shoes are light and good for samba (have only used them a limited time though). However, there are minor details which show a rather hasty finishing. The skin was scratched at several places, the glue is visible here and there and there is one nail that is sticking up. Overall, ok shoes but for the money I would want to see a bit more.

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Maria F. – Brazil Carnival Shop Rep

Hello Asia! Thank you for your feedback. You and I talked about the shoes. We have two types of shoes that you are aware because you have purchased before. One is leather and the other non leather. The non leather has much more hand craftsmanship. There are small glue that is slightly rubbed off after the shoes are glued. And the nail that you mentioned I explained. It is not a nail. It’s a nail hole. They secure the shoes on the bottom to secure the platform with glue and nails. After 24 hrs the nail is removed and the “hole” is slightly apparent. I think you would definitely benefit from the leather shoes. They are more refined in craftsmanship. Thanks Assia.

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1 review
6 helpful votes
September 16th, 2016
Verified purchase

Very much satisfied with Maria Christina that helped me a lot. I'm not so satisfied with the quality off the product. Does not match the prise. The hole purchase took 6 months! Even the second boots were with wrong done brazilian flag :(

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Maria F. – Brazil Carnival Shop Rep

We completely agree with Meglena. The shoemaker did not designed the Brazil flag as per original design. We had it redone and still not the same. Plus shipping back and forth and re doing it in an Olympic month where there were overwhelming orders and more than 10 holidays was not good for us. 95% of our shoes takes 20-30 days to be made. Unfortunately these boots now, we had to change the description on our website about the flag. I am sure we will advise customers now on the flag issue.

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About Us

Brazil Carnival Shop was developed by an increasing demand of the Brazilian Carnival and Samba lovers all over the world. We noticed a few years ago that the “Carnival like” festivities were happening not only in Brazil, but in many other countries around the globe. Today we find beautiful samba-school like London School of Samba in UK, Japan, Finland, United States, France, Germany and even in Africa! Carnival and Samba fans have specific attire and special needs that had to be taken care of. This became then our essential motivation. We are very well connected with the local Brazilian carnival suppliers that has a high reputation for quality and shipments on time. We are that bridge, between them and you. We are committed to taking your questions, emails, inboxes or calls with great care. Most of our Brazilian carnival designers do not speak English so we will be their right hand and connect their work to your taste. Every year we are adding new carnival designers from different coutries that understand well the look & feel of our customer. Brazil Carnival is getting global, and we are discovering these suppliers after years of search.

Before the development of the Brazil Carnival Shop, we built with great care the Brazil Carnival Ooah! Website, which today is the largest website in the world devoted to the explanation of the Brazilian Carnival in English, made by Brazilians. With more than 300 pages, Brazil Carnival Ooah! Website explains through texts, exclusive photos and a huge video gallery, basic and more sophisticated aspects of this wonderful festival, that enchants revelers all over the world. During this expansion, we had the pleasure of receiving literally hundreds of e-mails of samba lovers all over the world, thanking us for placing so much information, quality proof, in the name of a greater understanding of the Brazilian Carnival ( or Carnaval - in Portuguese) culture.

Brazil Carnival Shop now arrives as a complimentary project. Here, customers are be able to find exclusive Carnival costumes, samba wear, authentic samba art, samba shoes created for samba dancers, as well as luxurious jewelry and accessories related to the carnival industry in Brazil. Our desire is to make sure you feel at home, prior to your visit to Brazil, or participation in any outdoor festival that relates to this atmosphere. We want to make sure you have the authentic “look and feel” of the Brazilian lively spirit. Our partners and suppliers are all committed to the artistic culture of carnival and are proud to develop exclusive collections to this project. In the name of all of our contributors, I welcome you to visit our Brazil Carnival e-commerce website and embody the vibrant, popular, eccentric, and lively spirit present at this grandiose festivity.

Business History

Here is a brief summary of our business. We hope you enjoy to get to know us!

https://www.brazilcarnivalshop.com/pages/about-us

Company Representative

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Maria F.
CEO Owner
Maria Flynn, the owner and creative director currently lives in Napa, California. She is a mother of 2 and a full-time mom and business woman from home. Maria graduated in Business Marketing and Fashion Merchandising in F. I. T New York City and worked with top fashion and manufacturing companies like Oscar de la Renta, Capital Mercury Apparel, and Promostyl Fashion Forecasting. Her 17 years of Manhattan fashion companies made her well prepared for the product development of fashion. Her last position was as a color quality control director at Capital Mercury, over viewing color and quality for their private label brands. She maintains an apartment in Rio and visits regularly her family, suppliers, attend trade shows and checks in with her designers.

Get to know our founder Maria Cristina on this exclusive interview with Vanessa Isaac for Sexy Samba Soul YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wIAj98c_Mg&feature=youtu.be

Here you will see an interview made by Napa Valley Register that featured Maria Cristina, founding owner:
https://napavalleyregister.com/business/napa-woman-brings-fashion-to-brazil-s-carnival/article_fd7ac03e-6d6f-11e1-8059-001871e3ce6c.html

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